(343) i ified from finbefore it becommitted ; that is,from that which . is not ; and fo is not fin : For then Juftification fhould go be fore and without Legal Accufation and Condemnation : For the Law accufeth and condemneth no man for a fin which is not committed, and fo is no fin. It is faidclads 13.39. than (by Chrift) we are . ?ufli fledfrom all tbingt,fromWhich We could not be juf ifled by the Late o fMofes: Where,as I defire you to obfcrve chat pbbrafe ofbeing Hified by the Law,to flew it is. an A& ofthe Law ( though fin maketh tranfgrefl'ors urrca- pable.) fo you fee k is a Scripture phrafe to fay, we are i- fedfromjin : And then either there' mutt be.fome.kind ofpar- ticular Juftification from particular fins after faith , ofthe naw Lure ofour renewed particularPardon ; or elfe what will be come of us for them r For lure if the Law be fo far in force;- againft theaaions ofBelievers as to makeand conclude.them Guilty. and Obliged to Punifhment (as much as in it lyeth) and fo to need a frequent pardon ( for pardon is a difcharge from Guilt, which is an Obligation to punifhrnt ; ) then it malt needs be in force to Judge them worthy condemnation, and fo to Accufe (and as much as in it lyes to condemn) them and fo they rnuft' need alfo a: particular Jufiification. But then ac- cording to myJudgement, I. There is a fure Ground laid of both in the Gofpel or new Lawor Covenant. 2. And thePaid New Lawdoth perform it, by the famePower by which it did univerfally juftifie and pardon them at the f rft, There needed) no addition to the Law. The change is inthem : And the Law is laid Moraliser of goodanteanon atlus*Brat , becaufe of . their newCapacity, necefíity and Relation. As if your Fa. thers Teftament do giveyou a thoufand pound at his Death, . and twenty fhillings a week as long as you live after, and fo much at your marriage, &c. here this Teftament giveth you thefe new fums (after the fir(t) without any change in it : and. yet by a new moral Aft ; for it was not a proper ( ift, till the Termexpreffed, or the condition performed : and if that term. had never come, nor thecondition been performed you had never had right to it : fo I conceive, Gods Gofpel Grant or Teftament Both renewbothour Remiffion and particular Ju- ification. If Satan fay7Thisaman h II zhdefzveddeiozlö by fio- in
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